Going to MacWorld Expo – GoodBye Money

argh, just made my macworld hotel reservations… 5 days for $795. Ack. Now to sign up for my sessions. bye-bye money p.s. 12/15/07: Just registered for MacWorld Expo, 30minutes before the end of the early bird discount cut-off. Just spent all future xmas money. #

Unnecessary Evil Thots

• kids are cutting little letters to create a “simulation” of movable type, i’m tempted to bring out a fan.. i’m a mean man • Planning/Min. Day! & my students have a test that should keep ‘em busy the whole time. 1st time using “Quiz Press” from www.solrobots.com • Period1 silently struggled, Period2 downright screamed …

The Smell of Smoke

Nothing scarier than smelling strong smoke while sitting at a computer – city bus outside seems to have caught fire… yikes. Funny thing, at that very moment Chris Pirillo had posted a video talking about his 30″ LCD catching fire…. very scary when synchronistic strikes

Educational Dead Zone

• We’ve entered the educational dead zone between t-day and xmas. energy level really low in 1st period. no snoring though # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Nerd Life Style

Living the nerd lifestyle: uploading pix 2 flickr & ripping StarTrek: classic, TNG & DS9 to 1TB ext. hd attached 2 MacMini video-server # long beach was supposed to have free wifi at least near Pine Ave. Where the hell is it? Argh! Can’t work w/o wifi. Edge is too slow # thinking of switching …

Shopping for a Xacti

Lovin’ the CNET “Holiday Helpdesk.” Totally reminds me of the old TechTV days. # heading out, shopping 4 a SD-based video camera like Sanyo’s Xacti. Going to Fry’s and the local apple store. fingers crossed # anyone notice that the Apple Stores don’t carry many 3rd party products, like cameras? Some good deals @ the …

When Two Cultural Icons Meet

Mr. T and Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft… what more can I say… I saw this video on Leo Laporte’s blog. What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving. Mr T & WoW makin’ it happen. Just brings a tear to my eye. jbb